Scrub Nurse/Operating Department Practitioner

Job overview

A vacancy has become available, for a highly motivated  Operating Department Practitioner to join our General Surgery scrub team and work within our dynamic theatre department at The Royal Gwent Hospital.

Theatres at The Royal Gwent Hospital are very busy, specialities include Orthopaedics, General Surgery, ENT, Gynaecology and Urology.

We are a supportive, friendly department which is strongly centred on teamwork and patient care.

Main duties of the job

Ideally, the candidate will have experience of working within the operating theatre however, full support and training will be given to any candidate who is motivated to join our team.  A full orientation programme will be provided to the successful candidate.  Candidates are expected to demonstrate commitment to their personal development and show a keen interest in the progression of theatre services and perioperative care.

The Royal Gwent offer an elective only service from Monday to Friday . We also support our other Health Board Sites when required, therefore the successful candidate is required to be flexible to the service.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac.